Recovery of costs of investigation
202 Recovery of costs of investigation
This section applies if—
a court convicts a person of an offence against this Act; and
the chief executive applies to the court for an order against the person for the payment of the costs the chief executive has incurred in taking any thing or sample or conducting any analysis, inspection, measurement or test during the investigation of the offence; and
the court finds the chief executive has reasonably incurred the costs.
The court may order the person to pay the chief executive an amount equal to the costs if it is satisfied it would be just to make the order in the circumstances of the particular case.
This section does not limit the court’s powers under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 or another law.
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